Self-feeding match-box and cigar-cutter.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906. J. W. GRITES & J. J. WINE. SELF FEEDING MATCHBOX AND CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-14,1905.

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JOSEPH W. CRITES AND JOHN J. WINE, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, ASSIGNORS OFON E-FOURTH TO CHARLES L. WOODS AND ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN W. GLASS, OFINDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed September 14:, 1905. Serial No. 278,471.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JosEPII W. CRITES and JOHN J. WINE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery andState of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Self-Feeding Match-Boxand Cigar-Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined ,selffeeding match-safes andcigar-cutters, and has for its object to improve the construction andincrease the efliciency and utility of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in view,which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corre-' sponding parts are denoted by like designatingcharacters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of theinvention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view, and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of thecutting mechanism and the receptacle for the clippings. Fig. 4 is anenlarged sectional detail of a portion of the match-delivery slide,illustrating its construction more fully.

The improved device comprises a casing 10, having a hopper-shaped orinclined bottom 11, terminating in a contracted discharge at the lowerend, and with a removable cover 13, preferably hinged at 14 to thecasing. Disposed in the lower part of the receptacle and slidabletherein and forming a closure to the discharge-aperture of thereceptacle is a slide 15, provided with a stop 16 to limit its outwardmovement. Formed in the upper face of the slide member is a transverserecess or depression 17, corresponding to a single match, (representedat 18,) with the upper surface of the slide inclined slightly rearwardlyof the recess, as indicated at19, to facilitate the entrance of thematches into the recess. Fin er-cavities 20 are also formed centrally ofthe slide and leading into the recess from opposite sides to facilitatethe removal of the match after the same has been projected with theslide.

. Attached to one side of the casing 10 is a projection 21, having alongitudinal guide- Way 22 for a clipping-blade 23, the projectionhaving a transverse aperture 24: transecting the guideway. Theclipping-blade 23 is inclined at one side and passes the aperture 24with a shearing action, so that a cigar thrust by its pointed end intothe aperture and the blade actuated the end will be clipped, as will beobvious. The outer end of the blade 28 is connected to the slide 15 by astandard 25, so as to partake of the movement of the slide. Slidablydisposed beneath the projection 21 is a drawer 26, adapted to catch theclippings falling through the apertures 24 and from which they may beremoved when a sufficient quantity has accumulated.

The matches will be placed in the receptacle 10 and a loosefollower-plate 27 placed thereon to provide the requisite pressure, onematch being at all times in the recess 17. Then when the slide 15 iswithdrawn the match which for the time being is within the recess 17 iscarried outward with the slide, as

the matches are cut off by the front member or wall of the receptacle.The match in the recess outside the receptacle is then removed. The actof drawing the slide outward disposes the clipping-blade in position toact upon the cigar when thrust into the aperture 24, and after theoperator has thus disposed the cigar he forces the slide and the bladecarried thereby inwardly again, thus severing the cigar end and placingthe slide in position to receive the next match into its recess 17, andready for the next action. It will here be noted that the knife-blade 23is active to clip the point of a cigar only when the match-deliveryslide is pushed back into the box, wherefore the return of the slide isinsured without employing springs which are liable to get out of order.In other words, the device is always in condition for delivering amatch, as it is necessary to return the slide into the box to clip thecigar. The receptacle 10 is provided upon the lower face with a rubberor felt pad 28 to prevent abrasion of the counter, show-case, or otherstructure upon which it may rest, and the cover 13 is provided with anabrasive surface, such as sandpaper or the like, (indicated at 29,)

upon which to strike the matches.

represented in Fig. 1, While the remainder of- The device is simple inconstruction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and operates accuratelyand with certainty for the purposes described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A device of theclass described comprising a match-receptacle having a transverseopening in the front thereof adjacent the bottom of the receptacle, aninclined partition extending downwardly and forwardly from the rear endof the receptacle with its lower end terminating short of the front ofthe receptacle and of the bottom thereof, a single deliveryslide workingthrough the opening in the front of the receptacle and beneath bottom ofthe partition, said slide having a transverse match-receiving seatformed in its upper face and normally located between the bottom of thepartition and the front of the receptacle,

a stop carried by the rear portion of the slide for engagement with thepartition to limit outward movement of the slide, a ledge carried by oneside of the receptacle and provided with a slot intersecting its frontend and an opening piercing the slot between its ends, a bracket uponthe slide, and a knifeblade working in the slot of the ledge and carriedby the bracket, the free end of the blade being beveled and workingacross the opening.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoailixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH W. CRITES. JOHN J. WINE.

Witnesses:

E. C. BUSH, R. S. DEFENBAUGH.

